Audiography was born of the desire to capture a history of popular music through the stories of the people, places and things that made it. By weaving discussion and song, we’ll explore scenes and sounds that have helped to make music – be it popular or outsider, mainstream or alternative, known or unknown – what it is. Music so often tells a story, but there is often a story to the music itself. There are many stories to tell. The goal of Audiography is to tell some of them.

In our inaugural edition of Audiography we begin an exploration of the Texas garage and psychedelic scenes. Blending blues rock, British Invasion and a general punky angst to their music, the garage scene in Texas, would go on to produce numerous acts, most of whom weren’t together long enough to record. Part One of our discussion focuses on the garage bands that began it all.

A hotbed of garage rock activity in the mid ’60s, Corpus Christi was also home to label J-Beck records, one of two independent labels that played a vital role in the development of the Texas garage and psychedelic scenes; the other being Houston-based Independent Artists.

Featuring songs from three J-Beck artists: The Bad Seeds, The Zakary Thaks, and The Liberty Bell, and the migration of members between them all, the evolution from punky blues rock to the beginnings of psychedelia in Texas is tracked.

Featured Music:
01. The Bad Seeds – “A Taste of the Same”
02. The Bad Seeds – “Sick and Tired”
03. The Zakary Thaks – “Bad Girl”
04. The Zakary Thaks – “Face to Face”
05. The Liberty Bell – “I Can See”
06. The Liberty Bell – “Evelyn Kaye”

CoS Podcast: Audiography – Episode 001 – “Texas Garage and Psychedelia, part 1″
Written by Len Comaratta
Produced by Len Comaratta and Josh Arritt

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